7 must-read metaphysics books like The Idea of the World by Bernardo Kastrup

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The Idea of the World

By: Bernardo Kastrup

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A rigorous case for the primacy of mind in nature, from philosophy to neuroscience, psychology and …

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1. Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

By: William Walker Atkinson , Three Initiates , Tre Iniziati

4.25

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

The precepts of Hermetic philosophy remained shrouded in secrecy for more than 2,000 years, clouded… read more

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  • philosophy
  • mysticism
  • nonfiction
  • metaphysics
"The lips of Wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"He who grasps the truth of the Mental Nature of the Universe is well advanced on The Path to Mastery."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"Nothing stands still - everything is being born, growing, dying - the very instant a thing reaches its height, it begins to decline - the law of rhythm is in constant operations...."

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

"Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right, is the measure of the swing to the …"

-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

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2. Journeys Out of the Body: The Classic Work on Out-Of-Body Experience

By: Robert A. Monroe

4.08

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

The definitive work on the extraordinary phenomenon of out-of-body experiences, by the founder of t… read more

Similar categories in Robert A. Monroe's Journeys Out of the Body: The Classic Work on Out-Of-Body Experience book and Bernardo Kastrup's The Idea of the World

  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • metaphysics
  • science
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3. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

By: Nick Bostrom

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intellig… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science
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4. The Eighth Tower

By: John A. Keel

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

John Keel's disturbing follow-up to THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES! Is there a single intelligent force beh… read more

Similar categories in John A. Keel's The Eighth Tower book and Bernardo Kastrup's The Idea of the World

  • nonfiction
  • metaphysics

5. Reality is Not What it Seems

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.17

Format: 120 pages,

From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more

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6. The Way of Zen

By: Alan W. Watts

4.17

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up t… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"I have no other self than the totality of things of which I am aware."

-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

"For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere."

-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

"[T]he joy of travel is not nearly so much in getting where one wants to go as in the unsought surprises which occur on the journey."

-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

"A te elibera de convenție nu înseamnă a o refuza cu dispreț, ci a nu fi amăgit de ea. Înseamnă a fi capabil să o folosești ca pe un instrument, nu a fi folosit de ea."

-Alan W. Watts, The Way of Zen

7. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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8. How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

By: Massimo Pigliucci

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of How to Liveand How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient … read more

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9. Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds

By: Jacques F. Vallée

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Over two decades ago, eminent scientist Vallee wrote a provocative book about alleged UFO landings,… read more

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10. God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning

By: Meghan O'Gieblyn

4.27

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

A meditation on what it might mean to be human in an age of ever-accelerating technology. read more

Similar categories in Meghan O'Gieblyn's God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning book and Bernardo Kastrup's The Idea of the World

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"As black-box technologies become more widespread, there have been no shortage of demands for increased transparency. In 2016 the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation included in its st…"

-Meghan O'Gieblyn, God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning

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11. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

By: Neil Price

4.18

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more

Similar categories in Neil Price's Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings book and Bernardo Kastrup's The Idea of the World

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

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12. The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

By: Donald D. Hoffman

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth? Challenging leading scientific theories that claim th… read more

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  • science
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • audiobook
"Once we know the rules that human vision uses to decode messages about fitness, we can use those rules to send the messages we want. Consider jeans."

-Donald D. Hoffman, The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

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13. Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe

By: Dean Radin

4.09

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

The chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) turns a critical eye toward such pra… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • metaphysics
  • science
"The first stage is when you totally believe in witchcraft. The second is when you realize that it’s a complete lot of rubbish. The third is when you realize that it’s a complete lot of rubbish, but s…"

-Dean Radin, Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe

"The false but perceived connection is petrifying to anyone whose career depends on credibility, and in science credibility is essential. So all fledgling scientists learn to maintain a serious, sober…"

-Dean Radin, Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe

"Many scientific and scholarly disciplines are slowly coming around to the idea that consciousness is far more important than previously imagined. This shift of opinion, combined with the idea that re…"

-Dean Radin, Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe

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14. American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology

By: D.W. Pasulka

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in … read more

Similar categories in D.W. Pasulka's American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology book and Bernardo Kastrup's The Idea of the World

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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15. Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences

By: D.W. Pasulka

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A revolution is underway. For the first time in human history, we are at the cusp of experiencing c… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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16. The Idea of the World

By: Bernardo Kastrup

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A rigorous case for the primacy of mind in nature, from philosophy to neuroscience, psychology and … read more

Similar categories in Bernardo Kastrup's The Idea of the World book and Bernardo Kastrup's The Idea of the World

  • science
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • popular science
  • mysticism
  • metaphysics
  • physics
  • audiobook
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17. Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy

By: David J. Chalmers

3.73

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original wor… read more

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  • audiobook
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • metaphysics
  • science
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18. The Nature of Consciousness: Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter

By: Rupert Spira

4.53

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Our world culture is founded on the belief that consciousness is derived from matter, giving rise t… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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19. The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge

By: Jeffrey J. Kripal

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A “flip,” writes Jeffrey J. Kripal, is “a reversal of perspective,” “a new real,” often born of an … read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • mysticism
  • science
"The materialist interpretation of the world and of science itself is protected not by the facts or by the data of our honest experiences, but by what is essentially social and professional peer press…"

-Jeffrey J. Kripal, The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge

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20. Rationalist Spirituality

By: Kastrup Bernardo

4.38

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Why does the universe exist and what are you supposed to do in it? This question has been addressed… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • metaphysics
  • science
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21. Dreamed up Reality

By: Kastrup Bernardo

4.51

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A strong and growing intuition in society today is the idea that our thoughts create our own realit… read more

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  • philosophy
  • psychology

7 Top audiobook books like The Idea of the World by Bernardo Kastrup

Transform Your Habits

God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning

Meghan O'Gieblyn

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

Donald D. Hoffman

3.86

Transform Your Habits

American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology

D.W. Pasulka

3.91

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7 Top audiobook books like Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences by D.W. Pasulka

Transform Your Habits

A Fire Within (Sekret Machines #2)

Tom DeLonge

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: An Insiders' Account of the Secret Government UFO Program

Colm A. Kelleher

4.12

The Invisible College

Jacques F. Vallée

4.15

Transform Your Habits

In Plain Sight: A fascinating investigation into UFOs and alien encounters from an award-winning journalist, fully updated and revised new edition for 2023

Ross Coulthart

4.33

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